MAC addresses, hostnames, and DHCP

[klussier at comcast.net]

>  > However, some machines, usually laptops (one wireless,
>  > one wired), have 2 NICs and 2 MAC addresses.
>  > Hoever, the machine can only have one host name in DNS.
>  > Can I assign the same IP address to multiple MAC addresses?
> 
> You could always do hostname.domain and hostname-2.domain or 
> hostname-wifi.domain.
> 
> But why have the same IP on two different MACs? or even the same hostname?

As I stated, the usual case is a laptop that has a wireless a wired interface. It's the same machine, and needs to be reachable by hostname whether it is on wireless or wired. 

FYI,
Kenny